Tango Uncorked

Tonight, THE DJ SHOW!! What a fun show. Kim Dai, Avik Basu, and Dan Boccia, joined us for a great discussion about DJing in the world of Tango. We spent a lot of time discussing everyone's journeys, from how they began, how they learned, and what makes them unique. We hope you enjoy this interesting conversation and are able to learn some things from it. Thank you all for listening, calling and be...

Tonight we had a special New Years Eve edition. A mini episode to celebrate the new year and wish each other a happy 2021. We are looking forward to a better year, and getting back to hugging and dancing as soon as it is safe again.

Tonight on the show. New York City tango organizers Unite.  We were so fortunate to be joined by, Sarah La Rocca, Steve Beltzer, Jack Hanley, Juan Pablo Vicente, Gayle Gibbons Madera, and Tioma Maloratsky. It was so much joy to connect with all of our fellow organizers and we had so much fun to chat and tell stories of our histories as organizers and our futures as well. Believe it or now, having...

Tonight on the show, have you heard??? The third??? The latest version?? We had three musicians play the same song, "Sur," on three different instruments. Emiliano Messiez, amazing pianist and humanitarian, spent most of the show with us discussing music and things of that nature. He played live for us. Sergio Reyes, the amazing violinist sent us a recording but also managed to call in and chat fo...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Julian Graciano. He is a guitarist/ musician born and raised in Buenos Aires just a few blocks from the Obelisko.  His family is rich in music history going back to his great grandfather.  He has also just released a new book, The Real Book of Tango. He is an encyclopedia of tango knowledge and it was great to meet him. Adam Cornett joined us for our '5 Questi...

Tonight on the show we had Ana Padron for 5 Questions Segment! It was a lot of fun to catch up with her and get to know her more. Pacha Mendes from El Cachivache joined us with his date :) He shared few songs from their most recent album Anticuerpo. We talked about the concert they have coming up this Saturday December 12th. Here is the link to the event where it will be streaming, we recommend no...

Tonight on the show. Alex Krebs joined us to share his 18 years of music and it was so much fun. His music is great and he has it for sale on those archaic things called, CD's. Great time for gifts. Mauro Peralta joined us for our '5 Questions' segment. He's such a fun guy and shared some great stories from his more than 20 years of dancing and teaching tango. Thank you all for listening, calling...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Tonight on the show we were joined by Dani Carpi and Adam Tully. Dani was one of the first milonga organizers in New York City back in the mid 90's Adam Tully has just released a new album, 'Astor 2020, La historia continúa.' We talk about all of that and much much more. Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will conti...

Tonight on the show we had Sidney Grant join us for our '5 Questions' segment. What a hoot.... What a jooot.... What a....??? show. This man is amazing. Marcelo Gutierrez gave us some interesting musical interactive drills that we can also enjoy even if we are not LIVE. So listen and give it a shot! Another really fun show, another fun week. We can not wait to be back together with everyone again...

Tonight we were joined by Avik Basu from Ann Arbor.  This was one of my favorite shows. We had a a really great discussion about, well so many things. If you want to fast froward go towards the end when we talked about DJing. Or go towards the end when we talked about tango. In the beginning we just wetted the surface. That was fun too. Carol from Montreal called in, and we got to listen to her sn...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Shinjoo Cho who played bandoneon for us. It was great to chat and get to know her more. Oliver Kolker joined us for our '5 Questions' segment. We spoke about his projects from producing tango shows, to making movies, and his current project that he is working on with Meredith Klein. Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all...

Tonight on the show we we joined by Emily Cheeger and Jorge Torres. Emily shared the music she recorded the other day with her singing with Maurizio Najt on piano. It was really beautiful. Jorge Torres joined us from Japan and shared his stories of how he got started dancing at the age of 3. How it cultivated his life and helped him on his artistic journey. Thank you all for listening, calling and...

Tonight we had an amazing show.  My dad, Gary Hoopengardner Sr., played his original songs. We chatted and had a great time. He is my inspiration and I am glad he was here to share his music with us. Mariana Parma joined us for our '5 Questions' segment. She has been a dancer for most of her life and shared her story with us. Based in NYC she has been teaching many disciplines of dance for over 15...

Tonight we visited Japan and Argentina. We had Yukie Kawanami play LIVE music for us and she was amazing. Her bandoneon was full of soul and beauty. We were also joined in our 5 Questions segment by Guillermina Quiroga and Mariano Logiudice. This amazing dancing couple has been working together for many years and shared some really interesting stories with us. Marcelo Gutierrez joined us for the p...

Tonight on the show we had Pacha Mendes representing El Cachivache promoting their new album, Anti Cuerpo. It is their first venture into electronic tango music. Jorge Torres didn't manage to join us but hopefully he will in the future. Marcelo Gutierrez DID join us for some interesting conversation as usual and Batt Johnson popped in as well. Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Sumire Hirotsuru sharing her live music with us. www.sumirehirotsuru.com Rebecca Rorick Smith, long time teacher and dancer, joined us for our 5 Questions segment and we have a lot of FUN!! Jaimes and Marcelo were here again to add to the conversation and a mystery caller called in early to talk with Ciko about Butt Cracks!   Thank you all for listening, calli...

What a FUN show. Nastasja Vojinovic was with us and shared her music and her amazing story. Walter and Leo from NYC, dancers, teachers, performers also joined us for our, 5 Questions, segment and it was great to get to know them more. We were so happy to have the show together from Newark for a change. So refreshing to be together again. Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of thi...

What a fun show. Tonight we were joined by Nick Jones from Denver CO. Nick has been a dancers and a teacher for over 20 years. He is also a musician and he shared some of his bandoneon playing for us. Maria Valentina also joined us for our 5 Questions segment. Maria is a loooong time New Yorker and school teacher. She also co-hosted milonga Capricho with her good friend Monica Ramirez. Maria also...

6 months!! Tango Cafe takeout #26. Tonight on the show we were joined by Maxfield Wollam-Fisher. He played some amazing LIVE music for us. Tammy Halaburda joined us for our 5 Questions segment. Tammy owns the dance studio where we teach and run our parties, You Should Be Dancing...! We have been working with her for nearly 15 years and it has been a great journey. We can not wait to continue once...

Tonight on the show we had Teagan Faran share some beautiful LIVE music. She played violin for us and shared some fun stories. Burak Ozkosom, dancer, organizer, DJ, founder of a tango school in Montreal, joined us for '5 Questions.' He has been a friend going back to 2005 and we have worked with him many times over the years. It was a fun conversation and great to catch up. Jaimes and Marcelo join...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Pepa, "Viva La Pepa," Palazon. She was born in a CAVE.  AND Sharna Fabiano who is a long time friend and tango dancer. She share with us concepts from her new book on leading and following. I am really looking forward to reading it. Marcelo Gutierrez translated for us from Pepa and also was here to join with great conversation and well as Jaimes Friedgen.  Tha...

What a great show! Renee Rouger and John Osburn joined us to share the lyrics of a great song, Como Dos Extranos, in English and in Spanish. Felipe and Ayano joined us for our, 5 Questions, segment. And so many great people called in to join the conversation. Thank you all for your continued support. Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will cont...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Heyni Solera who played LIVE bandoneon for us. She was sensational and her sound was beautiful. She is based in the DC area. Carla Marano also joined us for 5 Questions. Carla has been dancing since the early 90's and has a very versatile style which allows her to adapt to all different type of leaders. Towards the end of the program Marcelo Gutierrez posed th...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Guillermo Garcia and Pepa Palazon. Guillermo shared his music, knowledge and his history with us. He took us to some really good places as we listened to him play Tango and Milonga on his guitar. Pepa joined us for 5 questions. We only got to question 2 or 3 so we will need to have her back. Marcelo, "El Chino" Gutierrez joined us as usual and did an amazing j...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Gustavo "Gusti" Rember with some amazing live music. Guillermo Peque Barrionuevo joined us for 5 questions. Marcelo, "El Chino" Gutierrez set the record for the most call ins for a podcast by joining us again and we appreciate that immensely. Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will continue to bring you gre...